Police have no excuse for failing to probe rape allegations – activists

Two recent investigations into rape allegations by women in the interior have glaring exposed the Guyana Police Force’s failure to effectively deal with such and given that there is ongoing training, the most recent being in August this year, the police have no excuse for their lack of professionalism.

Rights activist Sherlina Nageer has called for police officers to be “disciplined publicly…,” when they err in such investigations, adding that this would bolster public confidence in the system.

Recently two senior police officers came in for criticisms after their comments about two allegations of rape suggested that